Notice of Death – February 3, 2026

Shirley Mae Rogers
September 7, 1926 – February 3, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 11am at First Baptist Church, Shreveport. 

Dr. John David Reeves
August 5, 1958 – February 1, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026,

Marianne Rains Singletary
July 18, 1930 – February 1, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 11am at Osborn Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Curtis G. Williams
October 2, 1933 – February 1, 2026
Service: Friday, February 6, 2026, 11am at Centuries Memorial Park, Shreveport. 

George Lee Mckinney
June 6, 1927 — January 31, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 11am at Winnfield Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Marie A. Moxley
April 13, 1967 – January 31, 2026
Service: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 11am at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Carolyn Russell Ray
January 24, 1943 — January 30, 2026
Service: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 11am at First Baptist Church-Bossier, Bossier City.

Elijah Taylor Jr.
August 24, 1956 — January 30, 2026
Service: Friday, February 6, 2026, 1pm at Winnfield Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Christian Campbell
December 6, 2004 – January 29, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 1pm at Good Samaritan Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Bette M. Hilton
December 19, 1947 – January 29, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 11am at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Beverly Collins
October 18, 1950 – January 28, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 11am at Greater Hope Baptist Church, Shreveport.

Wilburn A. “Mickey” Crnkovic
March 12, 1933 — January 28, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 10:30am at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Shreveport. 

Dr. Gary D. Mirts
April 23, 1942 – January 28, 2026
Service: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 11am at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Shreveport. 

Shirley A. Odom
October 12, 1942 – January 28, 2025
Service: Friday, February 6, 2026, 1pm at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Robert Smith
March 12, 1957 – January 28, 2026
Service: Monday, February 9, 2026, 11am at Good Samaritan Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Lonnie Wilson
November 20, 1953 – January 28, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 11am at Israelite Baptist Church, Plain Dealing. 

Carl “Pete” Copes
April 13, 1946 — January 27, 2026
Service: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 2pm at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Shreveport.

Tony Reed Watson
July 20, 1947 – January 27, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 12pm at Living Hope of New Zion, Shreveport. 

Riley Godfrey
May 5, 1940 – January 27, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 11am at Lake Bethlehem Cemetery, Shreveport. 

Betty Jean Graham Adams
June 10, 1933 – January 25, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 1pm at The Oaks of Louisiana, Shreveport. 

Stanley Wayne Armstrong
December 26, 1955 – January 26, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 9am at Good Samaritan Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Rose Mary Ellis
March 24, 1930 – January 25, 2026
Service: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 12pm at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Loren McClelland
April 6, 1998 – January 25, 2026
Service: Friday, February 6, 2026, 11:30am at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Shreveport. 

Glenda R. Bryant
March 23, 1944 – January 24, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 1pm at Benevolent Funeral Home, Shreveport.

Emilie Anne Connell Ostendorff
August 28, 1923 — January 24, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 14, 2026, 2pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Shreveport. 

James Henry Mercer II
December 31, 1951 — January 23, 2026
Service: Friday, February 6, 2026, 2pm at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Arvie Brown
November 19, 1933 — January 22, 2026
Service: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 12:30pm at the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, Keithville. 

Mack Thomas, Jr.
April 29, 1930 – January 22, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 11am at Good Samaritan Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Melvin F. Hendrickson
March 15, 1925 – January 21, 2026
Service: Friday, February 13, 2026, 12pm at Osborn Funeral Home, Shreveport. 

Kenneth Wayne Bell
October 31, 1952 – January 20, 2026
Service: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 10:30am at Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, Keithville. 
 
Carlee McCain Burch
July 16, 1966 — January 19, 2026
Service: Friday, February 6, 2026, 2pm at First Baptist Church’s Frost Chapel, Shreveport. 
 
Mary Helen Jamerson-Johns
June 12, 1944 – January 19, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 4pm at Light Hill B.C., Shreveport. 
 
Ozeal Mayfield
January 18, 1934 – January 18, 2026
Service: Friday, February 6, 2026, 11am at Heavenly Gates Funeral Home, Shreveport.
 
Ewell Edward Page, Jr.
January 16, 1958 — January 18, 2026
Service: Friday, February 6, 2026, 11am at Mary Goula Baptist Church, Shreveport. 
 
Dorothy Marie Woods
August 23, 1952 — January 18, 2026
Service: Monday, February 9, 2026, 12pm at Carver Memorial Park Cemetery, Shreveport. 
 
Osborn Jamison
October 22, 1932 – January 17, 2026
Service: Monday, February 9, 2026, 10:30am at Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, Keithville.
 
Margaret Ann Billson
November 23, 1941 – January 5, 2026
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 1pm at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Bossier City. 
 
Jarvus N. Bounds
December 11, 1941 – December 31, 2025
Service: Saturday, February 7, 2026, 12pm at Kingston Road Baptist Church, Shreveport. 
 
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